Cosmopolitanism and the Scottish working-class writer: John Parkinson/Yehya-en-Nasr and Islam in Ayrshire

Kirstie Blair

doi:10.51221/sc.ssl.2022.48.1.8

Cosmopolitanism and the Scottish working-class writer: John Parkinson/Yehya-en-Nasr and Islam in Ayrshire

Kirstie Blair

English

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

13 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Explores the grassroots cosmopolitan and international literary interests of Scottish working-class writers, through the writing of the Scottish poet and convert to Islam John Parkinson or "Yehya-en-Nasr" (1874-1918), in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, in the monthly The Islamic World and the weekly newspaper The Crescent, as a journalist in Rangoon, and in book form, notably his Lays of Love and War (Ardrossan, n.d.), arguing that Parkinson's "Muslim cosmopolitanism" and his local Ayrshire identity and contexts were inextricably intertwined.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-82
Number of pages	12
Journal	Studies in Scottish Literature
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.51221/sc.ssl.2022.48.1.8
Publication status	Published - 8 May 2022

Keywords

cosmopolitanism
working class writers
working class poets

Access to Document

10.51221/sc.ssl.2022.48.1.8Licence: Other

Blair-SSL-2022-Cosmopolitanism-and-the-Scottish-working-class-writer
Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium, whether permitted by a personal-use exemption or approved by written agreement of Scholar Commons, requires credit to Studies in Scottish Literature as copyright holder (e.g., Studies in Scottish Literature © 2025).
Final published version, 726 KBLicence: Other

Cite this

@article{bf9de4f92cfd432bafdd730927bb7dff,

title = "Cosmopolitanism and the Scottish working-class writer: John Parkinson/Yehya-en-Nasr and Islam in Ayrshire",

abstract = "Explores the grassroots cosmopolitan and international literary interests of Scottish working-class writers, through the writing of the Scottish poet and convert to Islam John Parkinson or {"}Yehya-en-Nasr{"} (1874-1918), in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, in the monthly The Islamic World and the weekly newspaper The Crescent, as a journalist in Rangoon, and in book form, notably his Lays of Love and War (Ardrossan, n.d.), arguing that Parkinson's {"}Muslim cosmopolitanism{"} and his local Ayrshire identity and contexts were inextricably intertwined.",

keywords = "cosmopolitanism, working class writers, working class poets",

author = "Kirstie Blair",

year = "2022",

month = may,

day = "8",

doi = "10.51221/sc.ssl.2022.48.1.8",

language = "English",

volume = "48",

pages = "71--82",

journal = "Studies in Scottish Literature",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Cosmopolitanism and the Scottish working-class writer

T2 - John Parkinson/Yehya-en-Nasr and Islam in Ayrshire

AU - Blair, Kirstie

PY - 2022/5/8

Y1 - 2022/5/8

N2 - Explores the grassroots cosmopolitan and international literary interests of Scottish working-class writers, through the writing of the Scottish poet and convert to Islam John Parkinson or "Yehya-en-Nasr" (1874-1918), in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, in the monthly The Islamic World and the weekly newspaper The Crescent, as a journalist in Rangoon, and in book form, notably his Lays of Love and War (Ardrossan, n.d.), arguing that Parkinson's "Muslim cosmopolitanism" and his local Ayrshire identity and contexts were inextricably intertwined.

AB - Explores the grassroots cosmopolitan and international literary interests of Scottish working-class writers, through the writing of the Scottish poet and convert to Islam John Parkinson or "Yehya-en-Nasr" (1874-1918), in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, in the monthly The Islamic World and the weekly newspaper The Crescent, as a journalist in Rangoon, and in book form, notably his Lays of Love and War (Ardrossan, n.d.), arguing that Parkinson's "Muslim cosmopolitanism" and his local Ayrshire identity and contexts were inextricably intertwined.

KW - cosmopolitanism

KW - working class writers

KW - working class poets

U2 - 10.51221/sc.ssl.2022.48.1.8

DO - 10.51221/sc.ssl.2022.48.1.8

M3 - Article

VL - 48

SP - 71

EP - 82

JO - Studies in Scottish Literature

JF - Studies in Scottish Literature

IS - 1

ER -

Cosmopolitanism and the Scottish working-class writer: John Parkinson/Yehya-en-Nasr and Islam in Ayrshire

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this